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VOL. 19.
PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, 3IA1JCII 13, If JOB.
NO. 5614
DA1LYEVENINBEDITI0N
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PROHIBIT
CNTR1T1S
Tillman Offers Evidence That
National Bsnks Contribute
to Campaign Expenses.
ADVERTS TO THE C AM PAIGN
OF EIGHTEEN NINETY-SIX.
secretary Taft Will Accept an Ap
IMiliunit'iil as Associate Justice of
llio Supreme Court t Snowed
Hnnni Moron Fought With the
DexjK-railon of Fanatics, and Used
Their Children iih Shields; General
WtKMl rinl:iiN the Killing of Women
and Children Could Not He Avoided
Caleb Power' Lust Appeal Avails
lllm Nothing.
Washington, March 13. The house
committee will report the bill speclfl
cally prohibiting political contribu
tions by national banks and declaring
officers of the banks so doing guilty
of felony.
Senator Tillman has offered the
committee the names of several bnnks
of one city which, he alleged, had
contributed, and alio declured that
Hothxchlld and other Europeans in
terested In the maintenance of the
gold standard In this country con
tributed during the campaign of 1896.
Tuft Will Go on the Bench.
Secretary Taft will accept a posi
tion as associate Justice of the supreme
court vice Hrown, who has signified
a desire to retire on account of fall
ing eyes. At a conference with Itoot
after the cabinet meeting today it is
believed he finally decided. Taft will
go to New York to consult his brother
regarding the acceptance tonight. Its
acceptance will remove him from
politics and the public.
Moms Fought Fanatically.
Manila, March 13. General Wood
has returned from Join. He said to
day that women and children were
killed In battle, which he regretted,
but It was unavoidable, the women
fighting beside the warriors, and
children being used as shields. He
said the natives fought like fanatics,
Jumping over the sides of the moun
tains into the ranks of the soldiers,
rolling men down with them. Most of
the Injuries to the troops were by
spaers and knives. The wounded na
tives fought the surgeons after being
placed on the operating tables.
I In lions Corpus Denied.
Washington, March 13. The su
preme court has decided against Ca
leb rowers in the habeas corpus pro
ceedings and remanded the case to
the state courts of Kentucky. Powers
was thrice convicted of the murder
of Governor Ooeho.
i ntF. at u i:hi:vii.i.i
Great Damage Inflicted on u Califor
nia Summer Resort.
Santa Rosa. Cal. March 13. The
little town of Guornevllle. in the heart
of the redwoods, and the summer
residence of thousands of people from
all over the state, was visited by fire
early this morning, which destroyed
the Grand Central hotel and other
wooden buildings the business sec
tion. Loss about 20,(100. Origin of
the fire Is a mystery.
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CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotation From the Greatest Wheat
Center III the World.
Chicago. March 13. Wheat closed
at 77; corn at -It 7-8, and oats at 2SI
l-.
filling vacancies.
ltNid Supervisors and Viewers Are
Apisiliitfd.
During the present session of coun
ty court vacancies among the road
supervisors are being filled. Albert
Ilarala has been appointed as super
visor of the Adams district to take
the place declined by Jesse Hales. In
the Alba district M. F. Dick has been
named In place of A. J. Morse who
was found to be a resident of another
district.
I., C. nothrock, of Pendleton, has
been named as a member of the
county bonrd of road viewers to takt
the place of Frank Hack, who has re
signed. The board Is now composed
of J. W. Klmbrell, J. M. Ferguson and
L. C. Hothrock.
Cannibal Turks.
London, March 13. Travel-
ers returning from Arabia say
the Turkish trooDS ma.isaered
50,000 natives, during the opera-
lions,, resorting toe annlballam.
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RELIEF FOR JAPAN.
Shipment of F'ood and .Money Sent
Out From Seattle.
Seattle. March 13. More than 100
tons of flour and wheut were stowed
away In the spacious hold of the ori
ental liner Shawmut for the relief of
the famine stricken Inhabitants of
northern Japan, when that vessel
cleared for the orient this afternoon.
It was a part of the contributions of
the citizens of the Btate of Washing
ton which was deemed by the com
mittee best to send forward as soon
as possible, as the situation In the
famine district, Is dally growing
worse.
The other contributions, which
now amount to 14658.28 In cash, 47 Vi
tons of wheut, 3478 sacks of flour
and one ton of potatoes, are being
loaded upon the liner Wakota, which
sails next Monday,
The many contributions that have
been promised, but which have not
arrived, will be forwarded on the
Kanagawa Maru on the 20th.
I.A GRANDE ELECTION.
3. It. Stoddard, Mormon Candidate,
Elected Mayor of the licet Town.
La Grande, March 13. The city
election held In this slty yesterday re
sulted In the choice of J. B. Stoddard,
the Mormon candidate for mayor,
over A. C. Miller, by a vote of almost
6 to 1.
The chief contest In the election
was over the proposition of securing a
new water supply for the city, and In
the management of the city water
system. Two councllmen. Dr. A. !".
Richardson and S. R. Haworth were
elected. Mr. Stoddard is a mill owner
and a progressive citizen, having
moved to La Grande from Baker City
several years ago. A. C. Miller Is a
real estate man and a pioneer resident
of La Grande.
SEVEN CARS DERAILED.
Itcpiirtcd That Three Trumps Were
Killed Nenr Redding.
Redding, Cal.. March 13. A south
bound Southern Pacific freight was
wrecked two miles south of Gregory
i.V' . ih' Seven cars were hurled
from the track. It Is Teported three,
tramps were killed. A wrecker has
gone to the scene. All traffic Is tied
up.
THEN ROBBED
I WO VICTIMS WEItF. ALSO
BAIm llEATEN AT I CDC.
A Foreman on the Furnish Ri'.-h Was
the. Worst Sufferer, lloth Physically
anil Financially; He Was Knocked
Unconscious Th" Klicr Phi I'p a
Fruitless Resistance Hohhcrs Itun
for It and Have Vol Keen Appre
hended. Though the Scorch is Vig
ilant. Kcho. the.. March 13. (Special to
the East Oregonlan.) A daring hold
up occurred within this place at 10:30
last night. Alex Frazler and J. Hyan
were sandbagged and robbed near the
o. li. & X. depot. Frazler was robbed
of 3102 In money, u $20 check and a
ticket to Portland. Hyan was reliev
ed of f 11.50 in money and a ticket to
Spokane.
When held up the two men were
passing between the wator tank and
the warehouse and were set upon by
two men with clubs or sandbags. Fra
zler was knocked Insensible and did
not recover consciousness for some
little time. Hyan was not hurt as
badly as his companion and put up
something of a fight. However, ho
was forced to give up what money ho
had, while the thieves when through
the pockets of Frazler. The robbers
then ran and have not been seen
since, though a diligent scare n has
been made for them. They have
either left on one of the passing
trains or else are still In Echo and
undiscovered.
Moth of the victims of the hold-up
huvc been employed on the Furnish
ditch, Frazler having been a foreman.
Work on Electric Line.
"We plan to hnvc construction
crews on the entire line Monday,"
said Mr. LeDoux, of the Inland Con
struction company, yesterday. Mr.
LePoux's company has ''secured the
contract for tho first five miles out of
Lewlston, and yesterday all the papers
were signed with the electric line
company. The Inland company Is
building 17 miles of the Lewlbton
Rlparla line, but Mr. LeDoux stated
that none of the equipment would
son and Marlon Shepler, who resides
pany has additional equipment that
can be placed on the electric ilne
construction.
"We will start with a small force
and will employ teams at the outset,"
said Mr. LeDoux. "It Is Impossible
to state at this time when we can
complete the five miles, because that
will be governed entirely by the force
that we will be enabled to utilize."
Lewlston Tribune.
SANDBAGbED
HOUSE WOULD APWHt
Sill TO INVESTIGATE
Falls in Line With Roosevelt's Desire to Inquire Into Differ
ent Phases of Railroad Trusts
Tillman Will Report tlie Hepburn Rate Hill Thursday Amendment to
Hepburn Hill Would Provide for nil Interchange of Curs and for Court
Review Tillman Finds Fnnlt With IlnoM-velt Heenuc the Latter
Finds Fault Willi Congress -The PuH-r Trust Ordered by tlie Supreme
Court to Produce Needed Documents for Anti-Trust Investigations.
Washington, March 13. The house
In committee of the whole makes a
favorable report on the resolution ap
propriating $50,000 according to the
president's recommendations for an
Investigation of the railroads' alleg
ed monopolies of coal oil and rate
discrimination.
Tillman Will Report Thursday.
Washington, March 13. Senator
Till.-. . . n
on the Hepburn bill Thursday. It
will contain over 50,000 words. The
democrats are trying to arrange a
conference on the matter. Speeches
were made this afternoon oft the gen
eral subject of rate regulations.
For Interchange of Cnres.
Senator Scott has Introduced an
amendment to the rate bill providing
for an Interchange of cam between
the various lines. Court review Is
provided.
Senator Tillman today crltlclred
DEATH OF SUSAN II. ANTHONY
Took Place at Rochester, N. Y., at the
Age of 83 Years j
Rochester, X. Y March 13. Susan!
B. Anthony died at 12:40 this n.omlng :
at the home of her sister In this place, '
with whom she had resided for many j
yaers. The immediate caur of iv?r '
death was heart failure superinduced
by double pneumonia, with which she
had been afflicted for a week or more.
She had really been In a dying con
dition for 48 hours, thougn uncon
scious only during the eight r 10
hours preceding her death.
Miss Anthony had a very vigorous
constitution, and during all her long
und active life of 85 years had enjoyed
uniformly excellent health, being very
seldom Indisposed. At the sam time
the heart trouble, which was the Im
mediate cause of death, had oeen Im
pending for several years.
Iortland Was Nntiried.
Portland, March 13. The Equal
Suffrage headquarters has received
the following from Rochester, X. Y.:
"To the women of Oregon. Our lead
er has Just passed on. Make Ore
gon's freedom for women the corner
stone of her monument. (Signed)
Anna H. Shaw."
great storm at salt lake.
Hail und Haiti SUM ted to Stum , and
.Much Damage Done.
Salt Uike. Utah. March 13. A ter
rific storm took place last night, with
extensive damage toy wind. Trees
and wires were blown down and store
fronts blown In, and the power plants
are all damaged. It commenced t.i
thunder after midnight and the hail
and rain turned to snow drifting 12
Inches and still snom-ing.
1 1 ca viol or I1m Winter.
Kansas City. Mo., March 13. The
heaviest snow of the whiter through
out the middle west. Traffic In Iowa.
Nebraska and Kansas Is Impeded and
wire communication Interrupted.
IM) XS AMBUSH A POSSE.
Chci-okccs Make Trouble Over the Al
lotment System.
Vlnlta, I. T., March 13. United
States marshals and a posse of srx
men were ambushed by the Wickliffe
gang of full-blood Cherokee Indians
yesterday afternoon In the Xlghthawk
Indian settlement In the Spavlnaw
hills, 31 miles from Vlnlta, and three
members of the posse were shot and
killed.
The dead are: I. L. Gllstrap. deputy
United Slates marshal of Vlnlta; O. S.
PRISONERS TAKEN
Boise, March 13. President Moyer,
Secretary Haywood and George A.
Pettlbone were tnken from the peni
tentiary and removed to the Canyon
county Jail at Caldwell this morning.
The change was made on demand of
the prisoners. The jail Is a small af
fair, unsanitary and unsafe. It has
but four cells, and 14 prisoners who
are compelled to do their own cook
ing. Probably the governor will be
the president's special message find-'
; ing fault with congress for not ap
I proprlatlng money for a railroad In-
vestlgation. He said he did not want
to be "misunderstood as attacking a
good friend," and said "the president
i has undertaken a great conflict to
Justify very sweeping accusations. We
can pardon much, but there are limits
to our endurance. The president
should not so flippantly Insult us."
'Paper Trust Must Show Down.
The paper trust was worsted by a
series of cases In the supreme court
this morning, the officials of Wiscon
sin and Minnesota plants being order
ed to obey the lower courts and pro
! duce documents before the examiners
1 of the anti-trust investigations.
Snioot Denies Polygamy.
Washington, March 13. Senator
Smoot emphatically denies the charge
he has three wives, saying It is ab
solutely false.
Tuttle and D. Terry, of Tahlequah,
.e men.
The Wlckllffes, three brothers,
Charles, John and Tom, were at last
accounts besieged In the house of
their uncle. Jim Wickliffe. and posses
from all directions probably 100 men
In all, had gone to capture or kill the
desperadoes.
Trouble with Wlckllffes dates back
to January. 1903, when the Cherok?o
office was opened at Vlnlta. Full
blood Cherokees objected to this pro
ceeding and held war dances all over
the Cherokee country and tho situa
tion became alarming.
On one occasion Peter Wolf, a full
blood Indian was killed by another
full-blood for no other reason :han
that he came to Vlnlta and secured
an allotment.
CALIFORNIA FLOODS.
St. John Ithor Out of Its Banks Nenr
VUullti.
Vlsalla, Cal.. arch 13. By a rush
waters from the St. John river due to
the heavy rains for the past several
days over Its banks this morning. A
number of ranches are under water.
Many bridges are washed out in the
hills and travel is temporarily sus
pended. NEGOTIATIONS ARF: OFF.
S Kl.tltm.tmil Miigcr of Utah Froertles
Never Takes Place.
Salt Lake, .March 13. Negotiations
pending for many months for a J40,
ooo.oiiii merger of Utah Cupper an.l
the Boston mines at Bingham, Utah,
are suspended. There Is a wide dif
ference of opinion between the Gug
genhelins, Samuel Xewhouse and
others gathered here to negotiate tile
merger. The prospect Is it will never
be consummated.
Fpuorlh League May 21-27.
Walla Walla, March 13. (Special.)
The committees of the Kpworth
league which met in this city todav.
selected Walla Walla as the meeting
place for the Columbia liver und The
Dalles districts of the league on May
24-27. Klghty leagues will be repre
sented at the May meeting and an
elaborate program will be rendered
at that time.
Wants Absolute Divorce.
Paris. March 13. Countess Castel
lane, accompanied by her lawyer, ap
peared personally In court today and
asked permission to amend the appli
cation for a separation so the decree
will give her an absolute divorce. She
askr: for a separate domicile and cus
tody of the children pending a final
decision.
TO CALDWELL JAIL
asked to call out the militia to guard
the Jail.
Ogden Unions Will Defend.
Ogden. Utah. March 13. The Og
den Trades and Labor assembly last
night adopted resolutions condemning
Governor Gooding of Idaho, and Gov
ernor Peabody of Colorado, for the
arrest of Moyer, Haywood and Pettl
bone, and voted money for their defense.
APRICOTS ARE KILLED.
Milton Pouches Slightly Injured, Rut
Damage Will He Small If Weather
Moderates.
Milton, March 13. (Special.) The
apricot crop In this vicinity Is com
pletely killed by the cold weather of
the past 4 8 hours. The fruit had set
on the trees and was well advanced
and there is scarcely a tree In the en
tire district showing any live apricots
today.
While the crop of apricots In this
vicinity was comparatively small, yet
it is a popular fruit and is always in
brisk demand in local markets.
The peach crop Is but slightly In
jured and unless the cold weather
continues for several days the loss
will be scarcely felt. The trees were
not far advanced ajid the fruit buds
have been but slightly damaged. It
Is said by some orchardists that the
cold weather has Just thinned the
crop enough to Insure larger and bet
ter fruit than If It all remained and
ripened on the trees.
Apples and the later and more
hardy varieties of fruit are not In
jured In the least.
APPLE CHOP SAVED.
Snow and Cold Weather In Grand
Ronde Holds Hack finds and Pre
vents Early Growth of Trees.
The snow and cold weather of the
past 4S hours has saved the apple
crop of Grand Ronde valley, It Is
said, for had the warm weather of
last week continued the fruit buds
would have swollen sufficiently to
have been killed entirely by a slight
freeze.
As It Is the trees will be held back
very late and when they do bud out
the season will have been so far ad
vanced that a killing freeze will be
out of the question. Orchardists In
Union county are rejoicing at the
snowstorm and hope the weather con
tinues cold for a week.
Feed Is plentiful throughout Union
county and stock are In good condi
tion.. IS HIGH PRICED
PROSPECT OF RAILROAD
BOOMS THE COUNTY.
O. R. N. Right of Way Now Prac
tically All Secured, Without Resort
to Courts Railway Will Cross W'al
lovtu River But Twice in Passing
Through the Canyon Line of Sur
vey Mlses the Town of Losilnc
"Land that was worth but 18 per
acre seven years ago Is now selling in
Wallowa valley at $50 to $60 per acre
on the promise of the extension of
the Elgin branch of the O. R. & X.
Into the valley," said J. A. Murlelgh,
editor of the Lostine Democrat and
ex-representatlve in the legislature
from Wallowa county, who Is In Pen
dleton today on his way home from
Portland and Walla Walla.
Mr. Ilurlelgh says the right of way
through the Wallowa valley has been
practically all secured, and it Is prob
able that , the right for the entire line
through the valley will be secured
without legal proceedings, a record
heretofore unknown in northwest rail
road building.
The Klgin extension is now being
graded rapidly toward the mouth of
the Wallowa river, 16 miles north of
Klgin. From the mouth of the Wal
lowa river the line will follow the
north side of the Wallowa river, cross
ing that stream at the wagon bridge
near the mouth of the Minam river.
Although the river Is very crooked
and the Wallowa canyon very pre
cipitous, the railroad will cross the
river but twice In the entire distance
from the mouth of the Wallowa to
Wallowa postofflce, the first town in
the valley.
The line of survey of the Wallowa
branch of the O. R. & X. passes
through the towns of Wallowa, En
terprise and Joseph, but at present
the survey misses the town of Los
tine by about two miles. The people
of that place however, are hopeful of
inducing the company to locate the
survey through the town.
Wallowa valley is developing rap
Idly nnd promises to be one of the
richest sections of eastern Oregon
when once supplied with railroad
transportation.
On account of the winter begin
ning very early last fall nearly the en
tire supply of hay has been fed out
although a large amount of old hay
was left over from the winter before.
Hay is now selling at about $6 per
ton and stock are In excellent condi
tion. There has been good sleighing
in the valley since early In Decem
ber. The British Columbia Smelter
company Is making enlargements to
Its plant at Greenwood, B. C, which
will Increase Its capacity from 18,000
tons per month to 60,000 tons per
month.
France has 7000 miles of state-owned
and toll-free canals.
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STANDARD
BRIBED
CLERKS
Railroad Employes Paid tor
Information About Indepen
dent Companies.
OCTOPUS KEEPS TRACK
OF OIL SHIPMENTS-
Attorney General Moody Will Per
sonally Make the Argument fti die
PaekiTs' "Immunity Case" LtUe-Decfs-lons
by Supreme Court Tlirow
.Much Light on; the Situation
Humphrey Introduce a Kill to Pro-,
vide a Government Tug at Neat
Ray, Off Washington Count ItatvU.
of Northwest Appointments Made.
Kansas City. March 13. The Inter
state commerce commission today con
tinued the Inquiry Into freight rates
of the oil district.
Witness E. L. Wilhoit, district
agent for the Standard, told how he
and others in like positions, paid rail
road clerks to give the details of the?
shipments from Independent refiner
ies written on plain paper and un
signed. He said the Sandard kept
track of every Independent shipment,
from refinery to consumer.
Moody Will Personally Argue.
Chicago, March 13. Attorney Gen
eral Moody this morning for the first
time said he would make the argu
ment In the packers' Immunity trtaL.
He said: "I will reserve comment, on.
the relation of yesterday's supreme
court decisions in the tobacco and pa
per trust cases to the pending beef
cases for my argument here later..
These decisions apparently open up
many avenues seemingly closed be
fore." The packers' attorneys do not re
gard the decisions as adverse to their
contentions.
till to Provide Government Tug.
Washington. March 13. Humphrey
Introduced a bill that life-saving tust
and launch tender be stationed tX
Xeah bay. for service along the north
Pacific coast.
Northwest Appointment).
Washington, March 13. President
Roosevelt has appointed the follow-"
ing postmasters: Frank J. Payne..
Sutter Creek. Cal.; W. E. KltterelL.
Burke, Idaho: George N. Lamphere,.
Palouse, Wash.; Albert S. Dickinson
Waltsburg; W. H. Hull, Wenatchee.
J. W. BAKER IN TOWN.
Is Consulting With Ixical Deputy,
Game Warden.
J. W. Raker, state fish and gnme
warden, arrived In Pendleton this
morning from his home at Cottage
Grove. He is upon a tour of eastern
Oregon for the purpose of looking
after the enforcement of the game
laws, and while here has been In con
sultation with O. F. Turner, recently
appointed deputy for this section.
Mr. Baker Is an enthusiastic sports
man himself and has been on many
deer hunts in the coast range and
Cascade mountains, during which he
has bagged his share of the game. He
was appointed to office by Governor
Chamberlain.
I Mysterious Disappearance. "
I J. C. Toakuni, of Oakland. Cal., Is
j In the city and Is investigating the
i matter of the mysterious disappear
' ance of his father Jesse Yoakum. The
j latter, who owned a ranch a few miles
i from Lewlston. near the Hatwal
j creek on the Clearwater river, disap
peared about a month ago. He hud
spent the day In Lewlston and left
I for his home In the evening. Tha
iicai uay ins norse. unsaddled, was
found near the Yoakum home. A
short distance away the old gentle
man's hat was also found. The offic
ers investigated the case and the view
was formed that upon reaching his
home Mr. Yoakum became bewilder
ed and wandering near the river had
fallen Into the stream and drowned.
It was reported in the city yester
day that some fears are now express
ed that Yoakum was the victim of
foul rlay on the part of enemies. The
son and Marlou Shepler, who resides
near the city, left yesterday for tho
, Hatwai farm and will endeavor to se-
cure some clew that might solve tho
mystery. uewision lTioune.
Chaiinecy Is Ilimiillutcd.
New York. March 13. A
friend of Senator Depew this
afternoon admitted the senator
Is home sick in bed. hut In no
immediate danger. He Is un-
likely to return to the senate,
being crushed by his rocep.ion
there.